WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED

Active
Company number 03848973Private limited companyIncorporated 1999

Key figures

£14,744,884
Net assets 2025

† WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 27400

Where the company stands among the 960 active companies whose first SIC code is 27400 (Manufacture of electric lighting equipment).

Turnover£48,126,420
Higher than 85% · median £10,048,000 among 41 that publish turnover
Net assets£14,744,884
Higher than 97% · median £41,626
Total assets£25,440,856
Higher than 97% · median £198,887
Cash£4,285,745
Higher than 96% · median £79,283
Company age27.1 years
Older than 85% · median 9.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. DEXTRA GROUP PLC£45m
  2. EATON ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED£41.1m
  3. RITELITE (SYSTEMS) LIMITED£34.6m
  4. CHAUVET EUROPE LIMITED£31.7m
  5. COLLINGWOOD LIGHTING LIMITED£25.7m
  6. SHIRES HOLDINGS LIMITED£19.4m
  7. WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED£14.7m
  8. BRITISH ELECTRIC LAMPS LIMITED£14.5m
  9. VERTICALLY URBAN HOLDINGS LIMITED£14.2m
  10. HOLOPHANE EUROPE LIMITED£12.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 960. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03848973. It was incorporated on 27 Sep 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in Lancashire (OL7). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electric lighting equipment (27400).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £48,126,420. Profit for the year was £912,049. Net assets were £14,744,884. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,285,745. Total assets were £25,440,856 and total liabilities £9,640,930.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 960 active companies whose first SIC code is 27400: By turnover it ranks higher than 85% of the 41 that publish turnover (median £10,048,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £41,626). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £198,887). By cash it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £79,283). It is older than 85% of them (median age 9.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Leeds Beckett University. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £28.9k.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, iron and steel articles, copper. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 64 days to pay suppliers, and 37% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 9.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Turnover48,126,420
Profit for the year912,049
Cash at bank and in hand4,285,745
Total assets25,440,856
Total liabilities9,640,930
Net assets / total equity14,744,884

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Leeds Beckett University. Its published value is £28.9k.

Contract
  1. GB-Leeds: DW565 - Tennis Centre Lighting‡Leeds Beckett University · £28,896

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2025 – 30 Jun 2025
Average time taken to pay invoices
64 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
37%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 12%
  • 31 to 60 days 35%
  • After 60 days 53%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2024
58
19%
15%
30 Jun 2024
60
20%
14%
31 Dec 2023
52
25%
11%
30 Jun 2023
54
20%
14%
31 Dec 2022
66
13%
31%
30 Jun 2022
70
8%
93%
31 Dec 2021
69
9%
74%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 9.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 16.3% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter34.6% womenLower middle30.8% womenUpper middle23.1% womenUpper pay quarter23.1% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 13.8% lower
women 15.5% lower
2023/24
women 17.5% lower
women 16% lower
2022/23
women 9.6% lower
women 15.8% lower
2021/22
women 10% lower
women 16% lower
2020/21
women 14.6% lower
women 19.4% lower
2018/19
women 17% lower
women 22% lower
2017/18
women 16% lower
women 20% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements2
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, iron and steel articles, copper, electrical equipment and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £48.1m, net assets £14.7m
  2. Fagerhult Group Ab registered as a person with significant control
  3. Whitecroft Lighting Holdings Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Whitecroft Lighting Holdings Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.